On discriminant matrices

DOI10.1016/J.LAA.2018.05.029MaRDI QIDQ725528zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Frank J. Hall, Mikhail Stroev

Publication date 1 August 2018

Published in Linear Algebra and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.laa.2018.05.029

zbMATH Keywords

additive compoundcompound matrixdiscriminant matrixJordan form

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Determinants, permanents, traces, other special matrix functions (15A15) Canonical forms, reductions, classification (15A21)

Review text

Let \(A\) be a real or complex \(n\times n\) matrix. Let \(A^{(k)}\) and \(A^{[k]}\) denote its compound matrix and additive compound, respectively. The discriminant of \(A\) is the \({{n}\choose{2}}\times{{n}\choose{2}}\) matrix \(D(A)\), defined by \[ D(A)=(A^{[2]})^2-4A^{(2)}. \] Let \(J_t\) denote the \(t\times t\) Jordan block with eigenvalue 0. The authors prove that the Jordan form of \(D(J_n)\) is \[ J_1\oplus J_2\oplus\dots\oplus J_{n-1}. \]

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